sidharth kaushal

Responsible for the developing and managing the Flagship product, SmartShop. It was positioned to meet the technology needs of Large ane Medium scale retailers. Some of the pioneer customers for SmartShop included Giant Hypermarkets, ITC etc. I was primarily responsible to undertake research and development for emerging retail industry in India and enhance product features. It also included interacting with the customers to gather requirements, perform feasibility study, prepare GAP reports and suggest new system

* Product champion for WSS Tech Products and involved with Back Office Custody Management Systems * Ensure that the Back Office systems are developed with highest level of quality and has no redundency built in. * Interaction with the internal and external product stakeholders for BA / QA Activites

Worked with Merrill Lynch India Technology Services from Sept 2007 to Sept 2008. Played Keyl role in managing important HR management systems and Dashboard from Mumbai. Worked with user groups based out of EMEA, US and APAC region. Rceived appreciation from Global Stakeholder for initiative and quick product understanding

* Cybage Software is an CMM level 5 company working in the area of Software Services. The key client focus is on European and US markets * At Cybage, I was responsible for building the best practices for the offshore management group comprising approx 160 resources. This required frequent interaction with engineering managers at the onsite location and get the task executed locally. The Key acheivement includes * Established Best Practices for Project Management methodologies * Represented the key productivity metrics to top management on Q o Q basis * Built the interface for all offshore and onsite stakeholders to get uniform information about the offshore operations * Implemented latest Agile Methodology * Scrum for projects having more than 25 resources * Created the Knowledge bank for Cybage, which will serve as future growth areas. * Effectively grown the onsite program, by 400%, as a part of standard knowledge transfer, better risk management and employee motivation.

* Manage the Change Projects for AMS Enitities. * Handle the project from Inception to Delivery * Support the UAT and gain sign offs

Activities and Societies: Graduated in commerce with First class first with Distinction. This was awarded by one of reputed universities in India, Pune University. The study included extensive coverage of advanced accountancy, financial management and cost and works study